The Merriwa Courthouse. Magistrate Refuses to Sit
Owing to the dilapidated and dangerous state of the Merriwa couthouse the Bench of magistrates refuses to sit, and cases will have to be heard somewhere…
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Courts & crime, 1908
1,510 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 31 of 76
For Police Purposes
At the Colac (Vic.) Police Court, an old woman named Honora O'Brien asked the magistrate to give her 14 days' imprisonment, on a charge of being an…
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Ivan Gorsky and Dobmusky have been sentenced to imprisonment for life and 20 years penal servitude respectively for raiding the Bank of France at Montreaux, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Police Court. Friday, May 29
The bench at the West Maitland Police Court this morning was occupied by Mr. T. H. Wilkinson, P.M. ACCUSED DISCHARGED…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Allandale Murder
It will be remembered that Frederick Davies Green, charged with the murder of Lilian Bridge, at Allandale, on the night of April 14, was committed to take his trial at the Sydney Circuit Court…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Daring Bank Theft in Kansas. "Joke" That Cost £600
One of the most during bank robberies in the annuals of Kansas, the scene of dozens of "holdups" by the Dalton, Starr, and other gangs of outlaws, was effected one morning recently at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Coal Court
The Premier will at noon on Monday receive a deputation from representatives of the Teralba miners, with reference to the request that the Special Coal Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Tragedy at Perth. Murder and Suicide
A domestic tragedy occurred in Charles Blurton's grocery store, at the corner of Lord and Moore streets, Perth, on Thursday afternoon, when John Odgers, a labourer, 65 years of age,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Death of Alexander Brown. Verdict of Wilful Murder
The lengthened inquiry in Sydney into the death of Alexander Brown, a wharf labourer, aged 56, who died in suspicious circumstances in Prince Alfred Hospital on…
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At the Police Court yesterday, before Mr P. E. Eldershaw, J.P., Alfred Taylor, James Smith, and George Davidson, three strangers in the district,were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bomb Smuggled Into Gaol
A bomb which was delivered in a jug of milk to a prisoner In Tiflis Gaol was afterwards thrown into the guardroom. causing a panic. Simultaneously two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bank Raiders Sentenced. (By Cable). London
Two men, arrested for raiding a bank at Montreanx, Switzerland, in September last, when two men were shot, have been sentenced to imprisonment for…
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Alter the evidence had closed, the Coroner said that he, had come to the conclusion that Alexander Brown died In the Prince Alfred Hospital on April…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Druce Case. Margret Hamilton Sentenced. London, May 29
[?]Prince case at the Old Bailey, Mr.[?] K.C. stated that the Prosecutor considered Hamilton worse than [?]. The latter had committed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Large Theft of Tobacco. 495lb. Stolen from a Train
An extensive robbery from a train occurred an the railway on Wednesday. The train left Darling Harbor on Tuesday night for Dubbo. having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bendigo Murder. Case of William Manning
The case of John Challes Manning, who is confined in Bendigo Gaol under sentence of death for the murder of his wife at Bendigo. was further considered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Allandale Murder. Date of the Trial
It will be remembered that Frederick Davies Green, charged with the murder of Lilian Bridge, at Allandalc, on the night of April 14, was committed to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Murder and Suicide. Man Shoots His Wife
A domestic tragedy occurred In Charles Blurton's grocery store, at the corner of lord and Moore streets, Perth, on Thursday afternoon. John Odgers a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New South Wales Court
The State Premire has received from the Agent-General in London the following cable message:—"The King has expressed to Lord Jersey the opinion that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Coal Court. Deputation to Meet the Premier
The Premier will at noon on Monday receive a deputation from representatives of the Teralba miners, with reference to the request that the Special…
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